SparkNotes: Oliver Twist: Character List Character List Plot Overview Analysis of Major Characters Oliver Twist - The novel’s protagonist. Oliver is an orphan born in a workhouse, and Dickens uses his situation to criticize public policy toward the poor in 1830s England. Oliver is between nine and twelve years old when the main action of the novel occurs. Though treated with cruelty and surrounded by coarseness for most of his life, he is a pious, innocent child, and his charms draw the attention of several wealthy benefactors. His true identity is the central mystery of the novel. Read an in-depth analysis of Oliver Twist. Fagin - A conniving career criminal. Fagin takes in homeless children and trains them to pick pockets for him. He is also a buyer of other people’s stolen goods. He rarely commits crimes himself, preferring to employ others to commit them—and often suffer legal retribution—in his place. Dickens’s portrait of Fagin displays the influence of anti-Semitic stereotypes. Read an in-depth analysis of Fagin. Nancy - A young prostitute and one of Fagin’s former child pickpockets. Nancy is also Bill Sikes’s lover.

Her love for Sikes and her sense of moral decency come into conflict when Sikes abuses Oliver. Despite her criminal lifestyle, she is among the noblest characters in the novel. In effect, she gives her life for Oliver when Sikes murders her for revealing Monks’s plots. Read an in-depth analysis of Nancy. Rose Maylie - Agnes Fleming’s sister, raised by Mrs. Maylie after the death of Rose’s father. A beautiful, compassionate, and forgiving young woman, Rose is the novel’s model of female virtue. She establishes a loving relationship with Oliver even before it is revealed that the two are related. Mr. Brownlow - A well-off, erudite gentleman who serves as Oliver’s first benefactor. Mr. Brownlow owns a portrait of Agnes Fleming and was engaged to Mr. Leeford’s sister when she died. Throughout the novel, he behaves with compassion and common sense and emerges as a natural leader. Monks - A sickly, vicious young man, prone to violent fits and teeming with inexplicable hatred. With Fagin, he schemes to give Oliver a bad reputation. Bill Sikes - A brutal professional burglar brought up in Fagin’s gang.

Sikes is Nancy's pimp and lover, and he treats both her and his dog Bull’s-eye with an odd combination of cruelty and grudging affection. His murder of Nancy is the most heinous of the many crimes that occur in the novel. Mr. Bumble - The pompous, self-important beadle—a minor church official—for the workhouse where Oliver is born. Though Mr. Bumble preaches Christian morality, he behaves without compassion toward the paupers under his care. Dickens mercilessly satirizes his self-righteousness, greed, hypocrisy, and folly, of which his name is an obvious symbol. Agnes Fleming - Oliver’s mother. After falling in love with and becoming pregnant by Mr. Leeford, she chooses to die anonymously in a workhouse rather than stain her family’s reputation. A retired naval officer’s daughter, she was a beautiful, loving woman. Oliver’s face closely resembles hers. Mr. Leeford - Oliver and Monks’s father, who dies long before the events of the novel. He was an intelligent, high-minded man whose family forced him into an unhappy marriage with a wealthy woman. He eventually separated from his wife and had an illicit love affair with Agnes Fleming.

He intended to flee the country with Agnes but died before he could do so. Mr. Losberne - Mrs. Maylie’s family physician. A hot-tempered but good-hearted old bachelor, Mr. Losberne is fiercely loyal to the Maylies and, eventually, to Oliver. Mrs. Maylie - A kind, wealthy older woman, the mother of Harry Maylie and adoptive “aunt” of Rose. Harry Maylie - Mrs. Maylie’s son. Harry is a dashing young man with grand political ambitions and career prospects, which he eventually gives up to marry Rose. The Artful Dodger - The cleverest of Fagin’s pickpockets. The Dodger’s real name is Jack Dawkins. Though no older than Oliver, the Dodger talks and dresses like a grown man. He introduces Oliver to Fagin. Charley Bates - One of Fagin’s pickpockets. Charley is ready to laugh at anything. Old Sally - An elderly pauper who serves as the nurse at Oliver’s birth. Old Sally steals Agnes’s gold locket, the only clue to Oliver’s identity. Mrs. Corney - The matron of the workhouse where Oliver is born. Mrs.

Corney is hypocritical, callous, and materialistic. After she marries Mr. Bumble, she hounds him mercilessly. Noah Claypole - A charity boy and Mr. Sowerberry’s apprentice. Noah is an overgrown, cowardly bully who mistreats Oliver and eventually joins Fagin’s gang. Charlotte - The Sowerberrys’ maid. Charlotte becomes romantically involved with Noah Claypole and follows him about slavishly. Toby Crackit - One of Fagin and Sikes’s associates, crass and not too bright. Toby participates in the attempted burglary of Mrs. Maylie’s home. Mrs. Bedwin - Mr. Brownlow’s kindhearted housekeeper. Mrs. Bedwin is unwilling to believe Mr. Bumble’s negative report of Oliver’s character. Bull’s-eye - Bill Sikes’s dog. As vicious as his master, Bull’s-eye functions as Sikes’s alter ego. Monks’s mother - An heiress who lived a decadent life and alienated her husband, Mr. Leeford. Monks’s mother destroyed Mr. Leeford’s will, which left part of his property to Oliver.

Much of Monks’s nastiness is presumably inherited from her. Mr. Sowerberry - The undertaker to whom Oliver is apprenticed. Though Mr. Sowerberry makes a grotesque living arranging cut-rate burials for paupers, he is a decent man who is kind to Oliver. Mrs. Sowerberry - Sowerberry’s wife. Mrs. Sowerberry is a mean, judgmental woman who henpecks her husband. Mr. Grimwig - Brownlow’s pessimistic, curmudgeonly friend. Mr. Grimwig is essentially good-hearted, and his pessimism is mostly just a provocative character quirk. Mr. Giles - Mrs. Maylie’s loyal, though somewhat pompous, butler. Mr. Brittles - A sort of handyman for Mrs. Maylie’s estate. It is implied that Mr. Brittles is slightly mentally handicapped. Mrs. Mann - The superintendent of the juvenile workhouse where Oliver is raised. Mrs. Mann physically abuses and half-starves the children in her care. Mr. Gamfield - A brutal chimney sweep. Oliver almost becomes Mr. Gamfield’s apprentice.

Bet - One of Fagin’s former child pickpockets, now a prostitute. Mr. Fang - The harsh, irrational, power-hungry magistrate who presides over Oliver’s trial for pickpocketing. Barney - One of Fagin’s criminal associates. Like Fagin, Barney is Jewish. Duff and Blathers - Two bumbling police officers who investigate the attempted burglary of Mrs. Maylie’s home. Tom Chitling - A rather dim member of Fagin’s gang. Tom has served time in jail for doing Fagin’s bidding. More Help Oliver Twist Characters | GradeSaver Buy Study Guide Oliver Twist Oliver is a young, good-hearted, and kind--but often mistreated--orphan who is raised in a workhouse, and finds himself indentured to an undertaker, living with thieves, and eventually taken in by the kind Mr. Brownlow and Mrs. Maylie. His generosity of spirit is total, and even when faced with serious maltreatment, he never loses his sense of morality or kindness.

Fagin A very old man, with a villainous-looking and repulsive face, Fagin is the leader of a gang of boy thieves, and a very greedy and vicious man. It is Fagin who tries to turn Oliver into a thief, and who betrays Nancy to Sikes, leading to her death. Mr. Brownlow Mr. Brownlow is a very respectable-looking elderly gentleman, who has had his heart broken many times, including losing his fiancee on the day of their wedding. He takes a liking to Oliver even after suspecting him of stealing his handkerchief, and takes him in, doing everything he can to help him. Nancy Nancy is a young woman and prostitute raised into that profession by Fagin. Nancy eventually betrays Fagin and Sikes to save Oliver, but she will not leave them, and pays her life for this decision. Bill Sikes A stoutly-built man in his thirties, Bill is a vicious housebreaker and thief who often works with Fagin, and is involved with Nancy. He often mistreats, and eventually kills her. Rose Maylie Rose is Mrs.

Maylie’s niece, a beautiful seventeen-year-old woman, who is both intelligent and perfectly kind. She is an orphan who is taken in by Mrs. Maylie, and ends up marrying Harry Maylie. Mr. Bumble Mr. Bumble is the beadle of the parish, a fat and choleric man who takes great joy in abusing those below him, and is often offended by their impositions on him. Edward Leeford Edward is Oliver’s half-brother, who goes by the alias Monks for most of the novel. He offers to pay Fagin to corrupt Oliver, so that he may have Oliver’s inheritance. He is in his late twenties, but haggard in appearance, with extremely deep set eyes, and suffers from fits. Mrs. Maylie Mrs. Maylie is an older lady, who despite her age is very dignified and stately. She is the owner of the mansion that Sikes and Crackit attempt to rob, the mother of Harry Maylie and the adopted aunt of Rose Maylie. In her kindness, she takes Oliver in.

Jack Dawkins Jack Dawkins is better known as the artful Dodger, he is common looking enough but with the airs and manners of a man, although he is about Oliver’s age. He is Fagin’s best pickpocket, and it is he who finds Oliver and leads him to London and to Fagin’s place. Charley Bates Charley Bates is a sprightly young friend of the Dodger’s and another of Fagin’s boys. He is very excitable, and laughs often. Other than Oliver, he is the only of Fagin’s boys to end up making an honest living. Mrs. Corney Mrs. Corney, later Mrs. Bumble, is the matron of the workhouse at which Oliver was born. She has been a widow for twenty-five years, and ends up marrying, dominating and humiliating Mr. Bumble. Mr. Losberne Mr. Losberne is the doctor who tends to Oliver after the shooting, an eccentric, kind, hearty and fat gentleman, who often acts without forethought, but is universally liked. He agrees to help the ladies try to protect Oliver. Mrs. Bedwin Mrs. Bedwin is Mr. Brownlow’s housekeeper.

She is a kind and motherly old lady who takes care of Oliver in his illness, and never doubts his honesty even when he disappears with Mr. Brownlow’s books and money. Mr. Grimwig Mr. Grimwig is an old friend of Mr. Brownlow’s, who is a little rough in manners, but a worthy man. He is a stout old gentleman who talks something like a parrot and has a strong taste for contradiction, and threatening to eat his own head. Noah Claypole Noah is a charity-boy with a fierce look who works for the undertaker and enjoys bullying Oliver. He later, with Charlotte, steals from the Sowerberrys and runs away to London, where he joins Fagin’s gang. Harry Maylie Harry is Mrs. Maylie’s son. He is about 25, has a frank and handsome face and an easy demeanor, and is deeply in love with Rose. Although first ambitious, he chooses to be come a country cleric so that he will be on Rose’s level, and she will agree to marry him. Mr. Giles Mr. Giles is a rather fat man who works as butler and steward to Mrs. Maylie.

He shoots Oliver during the robbery, which he is at first very proud of, then very guilty about. Toby Crackit Bill Sikes’s partner in crime, Toby is known for his flashiness and ability to seduce servants into helping him and Sikes break in. Mr. Sowerberry Mr. Sowerberry is the parochial undertaker, a tall and gaunt man, who takes Oliver on as an indentured servant. He rather likes Oliver, but cannot stand up to his wife’s hatred of the orphan. Mrs. Sowerberry Mrs. Sowerberry is the undertaker’s wife, a short, thin woman with a vixenish countenance, who has a strong dislike for Oliver, and treats him accordingly. Mr. Brittles Mr. Brittles is a short and heavy man who has worked for Mrs. Maylie since he was a child as a “lad of all-work.” Everyone in the household still considers him a boy, although he is in his thirties. Barney Barney is the waiter at The Three Cripples. He has a very nasal voice and also works for Toby Crackit.

Charlotte The Sowerberry’s servant, Charlotte will do anything for Noah Claypole, including stealing twenty pounds from the Sowerberry’s and running away to London. Tom Chitling Another of Fagin’s boys, Chitling is eighteen, but not as accomplished a thief as the Dodger, and has just come from spending six weeks in jail. Mr. Blathers Mr. Blathers is an officer from Bow Street, a stout man of about fifty, who comes to Mrs. Maylie’s after the robbery. Mr. Duff Mr. Duff is an officer from Bow Street, a red-headed, bony man with a sinister expression, who comes to Mrs. Maylie’s after the robbery. Dick Dick is a young companion of Oliver’s at the workhouse, who blesses Oliver as he runs away from the undertaker’s. Dick dies before Oliver can come back to save him. Betsy Betsy is a young woman prostitute who visits at Fagan's. Sheis a little messy and not quite pretty, but free and easy and hearty. She goes crazy when she sees Nancy's dead body. Mrs. Mann Mrs. Mann runs the orphanage where Oliver grows up.

She keeps for herself most of the money allotted by the parish for the care of the orphans, and neglects them rather steadily. Mrs. Thingummy Also known as Old Sally, Mrs. Thingummy is an old woman pauper who acts as nurse during Oliver’s delivery, while having had a little too much beer. She steals a locket from Oliver’s dead mother, which holds the key to his identity. Mr. Fang Mr. Fang is the magistrate to whom Oliver is taken when accused of stealing the handkerchief. He is a lean, long-backed, stiff-necked, middle-sized balding man, with a stern and flushed face. The bookstall keeper The bookstall keeper is the man who saw the robbing of Mr. Brownlow, and convinces Mr. Fang to drop the charges against Oliver. Mr. Kags Mr. Kags is a fifty-year-old robber and ex-convict with a scarred face, who is companions with Toby Crackit Mr. Gamfield Mr. Gamfield is a chimney sweep who is in debt to his landlord, and so is intrigued by the workhouse’s offer of Oliver and, more importantly, five pounds.

He is a very cruel man who has already caused the death of several young chimneysweeps apprenticed to him. Mr. Lively Character List Character List Bookmark this page Manage My Reading List Oliver Twist Son of Edwin Leeford and Agnes Fleming, he is thought to be an orphan. A dear, grateful, gentle child, who "instead of possessing too little feeling, possessed rather too much." He had not learned "that self-preservation is the first law of nature." Sally Thingummy An old pauper woman who is an inmate of the workhouse and later dies there. She attends at Oliver's birth, "rendered rather misty by an unwonted allowance of beer." Agnes Fleming Oliver's mother; the daughter of a retired naval officer. "She was found dying in the street . . . but where she came from, or where she was going to, nobody knows." Mrs. Mann An elderly woman who conducts an infant farm (the then equivalent of a foster home). "A woman of wisdom and experience; she knew what was good for children," so of the funds provided for their sustenance "she appropriated the greater part . . . to her own use." Mr.

Bumble The parish beadle (a minor church official); "a fat man, and a choleric (cranky show-off) [with] a great idea of his oratorical powers and his importance." "He had a decided propensity for bullying: derived no inconsiderable pleasure from the exercise of petty cruelty; and, consequently, was (it is needless to say) a coward." Mr. Limbkins Head of the parish board; "a particularly fat gentleman with a very round, red face." The Workhouse Master "A fat, healthy man." Gamfield A chimney sweep, "whose villainous countenance was a regular stamped receipt for cruelty." Mr. Sowerberry An undertaker; "a tall, gaunt, large-jointed man," in matrimonial disputes denominated "a brute, an unnatural husband, an insulting creature, a base imitation of a man." Mrs.

Sowerberry "A short, thin, squeezed-up woman, with a vixenish [literally, fox-like] countenance, [having] a good deal of taste in the undertaking way." Charlotte The Sowerberry's maidservant; a somewhat sloppy girl, she is "of a robust and hardy make." Noah Claypole Charity boy employed by Sowerberry, he later joins Fagin's gang under the name of Morris Bolter. "A large-headed, small-eyed youth of lumbering make and heavy countenance." Little Dick Oliver's companion on the infant farm, with whom he "had been beaten, and starved, and shut up." John (Jack) Dawkins The Artful Dodger; Fagin's most esteemed pupil. A pickpocket and thief, he is a dirty "snub-nosed, flat-browed, common-faced boy . . .

short of his age; with rather bowlegs, and little, sharp, ugly eyes." Fagin The master criminal; "a very old shriveled Jew, whose villainous-looking and repulsive face was obscured by a quantity of matted red hair." Charles Bates One of Fagin's gang; "a very sprightly" young boy given to uproarious laughter. Betsy Member of the Fagin gang. "Not exactly pretty, perhaps; but . . . looked quite stout and hearty." Nancy Trusted and resourceful member of Fagin's gang. Untidy and free in manner, but "there was something of the woman's original nature left in her still." Mr. Brownlow "A very respectable-looking personage" with a heart "large enough for any six ordinary old gentlemen of humane disposition." Mr. Fang A notorious magistrate; a "lean, long-backed, stiff-necked, middle-sized man, with no great quantity of hair." The Bookseller "An elderly man of decent but poor appearance." Mrs.

Bedwin Brownlow's housekeeper; "a motherly old lady, very neatly and precisely dressed." Bill Sikes A ruthless felon associated with Fagin; he is violent, and abusive, his anger likely to erupt at any moment. Bull's-eye Sikes's dog; "a white-coated, red-eyed dog . . . having faults of temper in common with his owner." Bull's-eye eventually betrays his abusive master. Mr. Grimwig A retired lawyer and old friend of Brownlow's. "A stout old gentleman, rather lame in one leg," he has "a strong appetite for contradiction, [although] not by any means a bad-hearted man." Barney Waiter at the Little Saffron Hill dive. "Another Jew; younger than Fagin, but nearly as vile and repulsive in appearance. Tom Chitling One of Fagin's creatures; a simpleton of about eighteen, with "small twinkling eyes, and a pock-marked face." "Flash" Toby Crackit Associate of Fagin's and Sikes'; a rather flamboyant type, with "no great quantity of hair [and] a trifle above the middle size." Mrs.

Corney Matron of the workhouse where Oliver was born; she later marries Bumble. Monks Edward Leeford, Oliver Twist's half-brother; son of Edwin Leeford and his legal wife. A tall, dark man, subject to fits of cowardice and epilepsy, he is interested in ruining Oliver's reputation. Mr. Giles Mrs. Maylie's butler and steward. "One who labored under a very agreeable sense of his own merits and importance." Brittles Man-of-all-work for Mrs. Maylie; "treated as a promising young boy still, though he was something past thirty." Rose Maylie Rose Fleming; Agnes Fleming's younger sister, thus Oliver's aunt. Accepted as Mrs. Maylie's niece; later becomes her daughter-in-law. Mrs. Maylie Rose's adoptive aunt; a stately lady, "well advanced in years." Mr. Losberne A surgeon of Chertsey who "had grown fat, more from good-humor than from good living." Harry Maylie Mrs. Maylie's son.

"He seemed about five-and-twenty years of age, and was of middle height; his countenance was frank and handsome; and his demeanor easy and prepossessing." Kags A career criminal, "a robber of fifty years, whose nose had been almost beaten in." Oliver Twist: Character Profiles | Novelguide Oliver Twist: Character Profiles Average Overall Rating: 4.5 Total Votes: 670 Agnes- Oliver's mother who died giving birth. The only thing she left was a locket with her name inscribed. Nurse- Woman who delivered Oliver, and later died in the workhouse revealing the story of the locket and the night Oliver was born. Oliver Twist- The main character of the story, Oliver is an affection-starved little boy who will not commit crimes. He was abused as a young child, and only wants to be loved. His adventures make him the best of friends and the worst of enemies. Mrs. Mann - The woman who raised Oliver for the first nine years. She treated him and her other orphans very poorly by beating and starving them. Mr. Bumble- The town beadle who thinks very lowly of Oliver. He eventually marries Mrs.

Corney and makes Oliver's life more difficult. Mr. Gamfield- A chimneysweeper who wanted Oliver as an apprentice. Mr. Sowerberry- A coffin maker that Oliver was apprenticed to. He generally treated the boy well, but chose his wife's lies over Oliver's truths. Mrs. Sowerberry- Wife of the coffin maker who disliked young Oliver. Charlotte- Maid to the Sowerberry's that ends up running away with Noah and beginning a life of crime. Noah Claypole - Another worker for the Sowerberry's, Noah antagonizes Oliver when he was there, and when he begins to work for Fagin, his actions lead to the death of Nancy. Young Dick- A friend of Oliver's at Mrs. Mann's who loves him. Jack Dawkins- "Artful Dodger" is a young accomplished thief who finds Oliver on the road to London and introduces him to Fagin. Fagin- The main antagonist in the story, "The Jew" takes Oliver under his wing and tries to make a pickpocket out of him. He is a powerful crime leader who has an affection for only money and will kill anyone who stands in his way.

Charley Bates- Another one of Fagin's thieves who tends to laugh at everything in life. Betsy- A woman who works for Fagin. Nancy- A woman who works for Fagin and tries to help Oliver which eventually leads to her death. She is passionate, caring, and loves Sikes, who eventually kills her. Mr. Brownlow- A man who Oliver's thief friends rob on the street. He takes Oliver in, and discovers his true parentage. Mrs. Bedwin- Mr. Brownlow's housekeeper who nurses Oliver back to health. Mr. Grimwig- A friend of Mr. Brownlow who is very cynical of the boy but eventually helps to keep him safe. Mr. Sikes - Another evil character who is a member of Fagin's gang. He has a little white dog that follows him everywhere. He threatens Oliver and reluctantly leaves him to die in a field after the boy was shot. He kills Nancy in a rage, and eventually kills himself. Tom Chitling- Another petty thief of Fagin's Toby Crackit- A "flash" man who helps Sikes attempt to commit the robbery. Barney- A thief who helps Sikes. Mrs.

Corney/ Mrs. Bumble- The matron of the workhouse Oliver was born in who eventually marries Mr. Brumble and here's the confession of the nurse on her deathbed. She finds the evidence of Oliver's parentage, and sells it to Monks. Giles- The butler of the Maylie household, he is the man who shot Oliver. Brittles- The "boy" of the Maylie household who was also there the night Oliver was shot. Rose Maylie- The adopted niece of Mrs. Maylie who turns out to be Oliver's Aunt. She is kind, loving, and a great joy in Oliver's life. Mrs. Maylie- An old woman who accepts Oliver into her home and finally gives him a loving atmosphere to live in. Mr. Losberne - The doctor and friend of Mrs. Maylie who helps Oliver in his adventures. He is impatient and earnest, but also happy and kindhearted. Blathers Duff- The two Bow Street Runners who come to investigate the attempted robbery. They are filled with stories to tell, and are suspicious of Oliver. Harry Maylie- The son of Mrs.

Maylie, Harry is deeply in love with Rose and would do anything to marry her. He befriends Oliver and adds to the boy's loving atmosphere. Monks/ Edward Leeford- Oliver's older half brother who does not want to split his inheritance with the bastard child. He destroys the evidence of Oliver's mother, and is a cohort of Fagin and his gang Oliver Twist Characters - eNotes.com Oliver Twist Characters link Link Oliver Twist Oliver Twist, a workhouse foundling, the helpless, abused hero of the novel. Both innocent and morally sensible, he gives force and sharpness, as well as a full measure of sentimentality, to Dickens’ vision of social injustice. Exploited from birth by the selfish managers of the poor farm and workhouse, he is apprenticed to a mortician. Treated cruelly, he runs off to London, where he is taken in by a gang of thieves. Falsely arrested as a pickpocket, he is rescued for a time by Mr. Brownlow and then recaptured by the thieves. He is wounded during a burglary attempt and saved from arrest by Mrs.

Maylie and her adopted daughter, who care for him until the mystery of his birth is solved and the criminals are taken or killed. Mr. Brownlow offers him a permanent home. Mr. Brownlow Mr. Brownlow, the kindhearted, benevolent man who delivers Oliver Twist from a vicious judge, gives him care and trust, solves the question of his parentage, and finally adopts him. Mrs. Maylie Mrs. Maylie, the gentle, good-hearted woman who takes Oliver in after he has been wounded and is being hunted as a burglar. She sees that he is happy and cared for until he finds a lasting home with Mr. Brownlow. Rose Maylie Rose Maylie, her adopted daughter, the tender, lovely girl who nurses Oliver and helps expose the treachery that surrounds him. Later, it turns out that she is really Oliver’s aunt. Harry Maylie Harry Maylie, Mrs. Maylie’s wastrel son, who later becomes a clergyman and marries his foster sister Rose. Fagin Fagin, a greasy, sinister old Jew who trains boys for stealing and receives stolen goods. Paid to bring Oliver up as a thief, he fails to retake the boy after a burglary attempt.

He is finally executed by the law for complicity in a murder. Bill Sikes Bill Sikes, Fagin’s accomplice, the leader of Fagin’s band of trained thieves. A violent, brutal man, he deserts Oliver after the attempted burglary. Later, he kills his mistress Nancy because he believes she has betrayed him. Haunted by guilt, he accidentally hangs himself while trying to escape the law. Nancy Nancy, a female thief, a member of Fagin’s gang. She befriends Oliver and informs on Fagin’s activities in order to save the boy. Although she remains loyal to Bill Sikes, he murders her in a rage. Monks Monks, whose real name is Edward Leeford, Oliver Twist’s stepbrother. A vengeful person, he plots with Fagin against Oliver to keep the boy from his inheritance. In the end, he confesses his villainy, makes restitution, moves to America, and eventually dies in prison. Mr. Bumble Mr. Bumble, the vain, bullying almshouse beadle who mistreats Oliver at every opportunity. He meets his match, however, when he marries Mrs. Corney, a workhouse matron.

The two become paupers and end their days in the workhouse. Mrs. Corney Mrs. Corney, his wife, formerly a vixenish workhouse matron. Mr. Grimwig Mr. Grimwig, Mr. Brownlow’s gruff old friend, who speaks harshly against Oliver but wishes him well. Mrs. Bedwin Mrs. Bedwin, Mr. Brownlow’s warm-hearted housekeeper, who comforts frightened, lonely Oliver. Mr. Losberne Mr. Losberne, “The Doctor,” a fat, good-hearted surgeon and the Maylies’ family friend. He speaks roughly to Oliver Twist but cures his wound and saves him from the police. Mrs. Mann Mrs. Mann, the alcoholic matron who keeps the poor farm where Oliver lives for a time. Mr. Sowerberry Mr. Sowerberry, the mortician who takes Oliver as his apprentice and meekly befriends him. He makes thin, pale, sad-looking Oliver a mourner at children’s funerals. Mrs. Sowerberry Mrs. Sowerberry, his wife, a shrew.

Noah Claypole Noah Claypole, a lumpish bully charity boy who runs away from the mortician and becomes a member of Fagin’s gang. Charlotte Charlotte, Mrs. Sowerberry’s servant, who also misuses Oliver. She marries Noah Claypole. Jack Dawkins Jack Dawkins, called the Artful Dodger, the clever young pickpocket who leads Oliver Twist to Fagin. Charley Bates Charley Bates, the Artful Dodger’s boisterous friend and assistant. Mr. Fang Mr. Fang, the cruel judge who tries Oliver Twist when he is charged with picking pockets. Mr. Brownlow, appearing as a witness, pities Oliver and, when his innocence is proved, takes the boy home with him. Toby Crackit Toby Crackit, the burglar who accompanies Oliver Twist and Bill Sikes on the attempted robbery of the Maylie house. Old Sally Old Sally, the beggar, present when Oliver Twist is born, who steals the tokens that eventually disclose his parentage. Agnes Fleming Agnes Fleming, Oliver’s unwed mother. She dies in childbirth in a workhouse. Mr. Leeford Mr.

Leeford, Oliver Twist’s father, unhappily married and separated from his wife when he falls in love with Agnes Fleming. After he dies suddenly in Rome, his wife and son destroy a will that provides for Agnes and her unborn child. Mrs. Leeford Mrs. Leeford, the jealous, vindictive wife who tries to deprive Agnes Fleming and her child of their inheritance. The character of Rose Maylie in Oliver Twist from LitCharts | The creators of SparkNotes Harry Maylie Mrs. Maylie's niece, Rose helps nurse Oliver back to health, only to catch sick later herself. Rose is in love with Harry, but social barriers (her low social standing) keep their marriage from occurring until the end of the novel. It is revealed, at the novel's end, that Rose is Oliver's biological aunt. Rose embodies pure goodness and generosity. Rose Maylie Quotes in Oliver Twist The Oliver Twist quotes below are all either spoken by Rose Maylie or refer to Rose Maylie. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one: ).

Note: all page and citation info for the quotes below refers to the Dover Publications edition of Oliver Twist published in 2002. Chapter 35 Quotes The prospect before you . . . is a brilliant one; all the honors to which great talents and powerful connections can help men in public life are in store for you. . . . I will neither mingle with such as hold in scorn the mother who gave me life; nor bring disgrace or failure on the son of her who has so well supplied that mother's place. Related Characters: Rose Maylie (speaker), Harry Maylie Related Themes: Download it! Rose Maylie Character Timeline in Oliver Twist The timeline below shows where the character Rose Maylie appears in Oliver Twist. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance. Chapter 29 ...servant, there are Mrs. Maylie, an older and distinguished woman, and her seventeen-year-old niece Miss Rose Maylie. A doctor arrives, breathless, having been shocked by the news of the robbery—the narrator... (full context) ...Oliver, saying that he is all right and stable, considering his wound.

Lorsborne asks if Rose would like to see Oliver—Rose had asked previously to do so, but her aunt would... (full context) Chapter 30 The doctor leads both Rose and Mrs. Maylie upstairs to see Oliver. On revealing that Oliver is only a young... (full context) ...get the truth out of Giles and Brittles, but before doing so, he waits, with Rose and her aunt, for Oliver to wake and tell of his life, and how he... (full context) Chapter 31 ...to Blathers and Duff, they won't take pity on him the way he and the Maylies have. Rose does not understand how anyone couldn't pity Oliver, and Lorsborne tells her that,... (full context) ...about a robber he once caught named Conkey Chickweed—a story that neither Lorsborne nor the Maylies can follow—Blathers, with Duff, goes upstairs to talk to Oliver. Lorsborne and Giles go along... (full context) Oliver is now safe at the Maylies' home, where he begins to grow stronger, despite his injury. He is looked after by... (full context) Chapter 32 ...from another fever, which causes him to lie in bed for many days.

However the Maylies care for him with great interest, and soon he begins to regain his strength. Oliver... (full context) ...the weather grows warm, and Oliver has a wonderful time recuperating and living with the Maylies. Oliver begins studying with an old man, a tutor, since he has never had any... (full context) Chapter 33 One evening that summer, Rose sits down to play the piano for her aunt, when suddenly her aunt, noticing that... (full context) Oliver asks Mrs. Maylie, when Rose has been safely placed in bed, whether Rose will get better, but Mrs. Maylie fears... (full context) When Oliver returns home, Rose's fever has grown worse—Lorsborne, who arrives later, fears that Rose might not survive it. After... (full context) Chapter 34 Oliver, relieved to hear that Rose will recover from her fever, takes a walk outside to clear his head. On his... (full context) ...inside and finds his mother, whom he upbraids, gently, for not telling him sooner of Rose's illness. Mrs. Maylie counters that it would not have mattered—if Rose got worse, she would... (full context) ...leave off the subject for the time being; Mrs.

Maylie goes back to tend to Rose, and Harry entertains Oliver, Losborne, and Giles with stories into the night. Over the next... (full context) Chapter 35 A few days later, when Rose is feeling better, Harry comes up to her in the house, and asks to speak... (full context) Rose then listens as Harry reiterates his love for her. After hearing him, she asks if... (full context) Harry does not agree with what Rose is saying, but seeing that her resolution is firm on the matter—that this "blight" on... (full context) Chapter 36 ...day, reporting on how things go in the house, and on how Mrs. Maylie and Rose are doing. Oliver agrees to do so. As Harry and Lorsborne departs, Rose sees that... (full context) Chapter 37 ...to Bumble—Monks, the same man who was seen with Fagin outside Oliver's window, by the Maylies' house. (full context) Chapter 39 ...after Miss Maylie, to a footman in the hotel, hoping to have a conversation with Rose. Rose, hearing that someone is there to see her, allows Nancy to come upstairs for...

(full context) Chapter 40 Nancy enters Rose's room at the hotel, where Rose apologizes for Nancy's difficulty in coming to see her.... (full context) Nancy reveals to Rose information she has heard from conversations between Fagin and Monks (whom Rose does not know).... (full context) Nancy reveals the content of tonight's conversation between Monks and Fagin to Rose: Monks said that the only proof of Oliver's family ties lies at the bottom of... (full context) This last piece of information is most shocking to Rose. Monks also told Fagin that the Maylies would die to know their relationship to Oliver,... (full context) Rose begs, again, that Nancy stay with them, but Nancy repeats that she is loyal to... (full context) Chapter 41 Rose is not sure what to do with Nancy's information. Rose has promised to keep Nancy's... (full context) Oliver tells Rose that he has spotted Mr. Brownlow in the street. Oliver wishes desperately to be reunited... (full context) Rose claims that she has knowledge of Oliver Twist, can prove that he is in fact... (full context) ...more, that she never believed that Oliver was a bad boy in the first place.

Rose goes out of the parlor with Brownlow to tell him all the information Rose has... (full context) Brownlow and Lorsborne go to the hotel to meet with Rose and Mrs. Maylie. Brownlow has a plan for how to proceed, although the plan galls... (full context) Chapter 42 On the same night that Nancy dosed Sikes with laudanum and visited Rose, Noah Claypole and his now-partner Charlotte (it is unclear if they are legally married) are... (full context) Chapter 44 ...over that night, a Sunday, to join Nancy and Sikes. Nancy is eager to meet Rose on the London Bridge, and asks Sikes if she can go out (although of course... (full context) Chapter 46 Nancy keeps arrives at the bridge, and Rose and Brownlow arrive just after her. Noah sneaks along the bridge and hides himself in... (full context) ...relationship with Monks, and therefore does not feel the same loyalty to him. Brownlow and Rose promise that, if they get the information about Oliver they need, no harm will come...

(full context) Nancy describes Monks to Rose and Brownlow, and tells how he might be found at the pub the Three Cripples.... (full context) Rose is deeply upset that Nancy will not go with them, and that Nancy will take... (full context) Chapter 51 Oliver tells Rose he looks forward to seeing Dick, and promises that, this time, Oliver will say "God... (full context) One final revelation is in order: Rose is brought forward, and it is declared that Rose is the younger daughter of the... (full context) Rose agrees to the marriage, and the party appears happy, until, at the end of the... (full context) Chapter 53 The narrator closes out the novel by detailing the fortunes of the characters. Rose and Harry marry, and they move to the country parsonage where Harry works; Mrs. Maylie... (full context) ...son. He and Oliver move to within a mile of the parsonage where Harry and Rose live. And Lorsborne, inventing an excuse to be close to the group he loves so... (full context) ...in the workhouse they once managed.

Giles and Brittles stay on to help in the Maylies' new home, and Bates, having repented for a life of crime, takes on a series... (full context) The narrator ends the novel by describing Oliver's happiness with his aunt Rose, his adopted father Brownlow, who educates him in the books he once promised Oliver would... (full context) Cite This Page Choose citation style: Schlegel, Chris. "Oliver Twist Characters: Rose Maylie." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 5 Jan 2014. Web. 19 Jan 2017. Schlegel, Chris. "Oliver Twist Characters: Rose Maylie." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 5 Jan 2014. Web. 19 Jan 2017. Schlegel, Chris. "Oliver Twist Characters: Rose Maylie." LitCharts LLC, January 5, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2017. Schlegel, Chris. "Oliver Twist Characters: Rose Maylie." LitCharts LLC, January 5, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2017.

Copy to Clipboard Tools of Characterization in Oliver Twist Character Analysis Names A lot of the names in Oliver Twist are important—especially for the main character. Oliver’s name is given to him by the parish authorities, though, so his name isn’t actually a reflection of his real character. In fact, it’s actually in contrast to his true character. Go take a look at the " Character Analysis " section for Oliver for more on that. But the names of the minor characters are important, too: Rose Maylie, for example, is as fresh, delicate, pure, and natural as a rose, and that’s the idea her name is meant to convey. Her last name, too, connotes the freshness of springtime ("May"), and also of gladness (it rhymes with "gaily"). The same can be said of her mother, Mrs. Maylie. Mr. Bumble’s name is pretty obvious—he’s a bumbling fool. The irony slices pretty deep with him—we’re not meant to look much beyond the surface of his name, because honestly, there’s not much there. Mr.

Grimwig’s name is equally superficial, because although he’s a "good guy," he’s also a fairly two-dimensional character (see the "Character Analysis" section for both Mr. Bumble and Mr. Grimwig for more about Dickens’s minor characters). Mr. Grimwig is always "grimly" stubborn and pessimistic. And "wig" is a reminder of the fact that he’s always threatening to "eat his own head," wig and all. Habits The way a character spends his or her free time is a pretty good indication of what kind of character he or she is. Mr. Brownlow, for example, has a huge library and is a bookworm. The first time we see him, his face is buried in a book so he doesn’t notice the Artful Dodger sidling up to pick his pocket. We’re all reading a book, and Dickens is an author, so bookworms are generally going to be good guys. The Maylies like to go on long walks in the countryside—this fits in well with what we already know about them, based on their name. Sikes and the other criminals like to binge drink—not a good habit, and therefore we suspect immediately that they are seedy characters.

You get the idea. Physical Appearance This is a biggie in Oliver Twist—pretty much if a character looks like a bad guy, he or she is a bad guy. But there are a couple characters that aren’t as easy to judge: Oliver himself, and Nancy. But only foolish characters (Mr. Bumble, the gentleman in the white waistcoat, Mr. Fang, the officers who arrest Oliver) think that Oliver is a thief; characters whose opinions the narrator wants us to trust (Mr. Brownlow, Mrs. Bedwin, Rose Maylie, Mrs. Maylie) all take one look at his face and think, "there’s no way this kid’s a criminal! He looks so innocent!" Nancy looks like a criminal, and she is one—but later on in the novel, when she starts trying to help Oliver, her looks are often misinterpreted. When she goes to visit Rose, for example, the servants take one look at her and think, "the creature was a disgrace to her sex" (40.39). But then Rose is able to look past her physical appearance and understand her true character.

Social Status Social status isn’t always a reliable marker of whether a character is good or bad, but it is an important tool for characterization in Oliver Twist. For example, Mr. Brownlow and the Maylies are members of the middle class—they’re respectable, reasonably well-off, and seem to prefer the company of other members of the middle class. Monks, on the other hand, is also a member of the middle class, but he staunchly refuses to hang out with his social equals. He prefers "slumming" with members of the criminal class, and his rejection of his own social class in favor of the lower class is a big mark against him in the world of Oliver Twist. Actions Obviously important—the Dodger and Charley pick pockets; Oliver refuses to and actually runs away. Mrs. Maylie takes in orphans: clearly a good thing in the world of this novel. Nancy, as usual, is an exceptional case—her actions aren’t always easily interpretable, but that in itself is part of her characterization. She’s a complicated figure, and the readers (and other characters) don’t always know what to make of her. Is she acting for Oliver’s good, or not?

Family Life Oliver’s loyalty to his dead mother when Noah insults her is really important to Oliver’s development as a character. For all he knows, Noah could be right when he calls her "a right down bad ’un," but he still jumps to her defense. Family is obviously very important to Oliver: even though he doesn’t have one of his own (or because he doesn’t have one of his own), he’s always trying to create surrogate families—first with little Dick at the baby farm, and then with Mr. Brownlow, and then with the Maylies. Monks, on the other hand, robs his mother and runs away from her, insults his dead father, and is out to get his baby brother hanged. Oliver Twist (Character) | Oliver Twist-Charles Dickens Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit In the novel, young Oliver is born in a parish workhouse in an unnamed town,but his mother dies during labour. Old Sally, who was at the birth and death, takes from the dying woman a locket and ring. While Mr. Bumble, the Beadle, names the boy Oliver Twist. Oliver is sent to an infant farm, run by Mrs.

Mann, until he is nine years old, when he is returned to the workhouse. The orphans at the workhouse are starving because of their cruel treatment. They cast lots to decide who will ask for more gruel for them all, and Oliver is chosen. At evening supper, once the gruel is dished out and eaten, Oliver goes to the master and makes his famous request, "Please Sir. I want some more." He is then branded a troublemaker and cruelly tortured (such as being whipped, detained, and even Mr. "Please sir, I want some more" Bumble told Oliver is devil's masterpiece). Then he is offered as an apprentice to anyone willing to take him, and he is eventually apprenticed to Sowerberry, the undertaker. On the way there, Mr. Bumble tried to abuse Oliver again, but Oliver stopped him with his crying that he is very lonely, "Everybody hates me. Oh! sir, don't, don't pray be cross to me!" After arriving at Sowerberry's, Oliver fights with Noah Claypole, an older boy at the undertakers, because Noah mocked Oliver's dead mother.

Oliver is then cruelly beaten for the offence, but his heart is broken and after he cry bitterly, he escapes to London, which took him a week with little food and comfort. Oliver Twist and Fagin In London Oliver meets Jack Dawkins, the Artful Dodger, who offers him a place to stay, where he meets up with Fagin and his band of young thieves. Oliver innocently goes "to work" with Dawkins and Charley Bates, but sees the real nature of their "work" when Dawkins picks the pocketof a gentleman. When the gentleman, Mr. Brownlow, realises he is being robbed, Oliver is mistaken Sick Oliver is treated in Brownlow's house for the pickpocket. And he is then chased, captured, and taken to the police. Oliver, who was very ill and fainted in the court, is cleared by a witness to the crime and is taken in by Brownlow to his home where he is well treated. After he well recovered from days with near-coma point, Oliver is sent on an errand by Brownlow to pay a local merchant £5 and to return some books.

However, Oliver is caught by Nancy and Bill Sikes, who pretend to be his siblings, and is returned to Fagin's den. However, Nancy later betrays Fagin and Sikes, as well as herself, for doing so since they've stolen Oliver's chance to have a better life. Oliver being chased in the streets of London Mr. Brownlow, who mistakenly thinks that Oliver has run away with the money, assumes that Oliver was a thief all along. This belief is further strengthened when Bumble, in response to Brownlow's newspaper advertisement for information about Oliver, gives a disparaging opinion of the boy. Nevertheless, Brownlow still holds onto a little bit of hope that this might not be true. Oliver, Dodger (left), and Charley (right) Meanwhile, Oliver is forced by Fagin to join Sikes in an attempted robbery at a rural house, as they need a small boy to enter a window and open the front door for Sikes to get in. However, the robbery fails and, in the ensuing chase, Oliver is shot. Oliver is wounded badly and almost didn't make the way back to the house for help.

He is then nursed back to health at the home of the Maylies, the house Sikes was attempting to burgle. Oliver gives his story to the Maylies (more Poor Oliver! exactly, the widow Mrs. Maylie, her son Harry and her adoptive daughter Rose) and Doctor Losberne. He also helps out when Rose falls ill, casually meeting a mysterious man along the way... The mysterious man is Mr. Monks, who is revealed to be Oliver's half brother (his true name being Edward Leeford). He joins Fagin in an attempt to recapture Oliver and lead him into a life of crime, so that Oliver's rightful Oliver Twist and Nancy inheritance, of which Oliver knows nothing, would then go to Monks. Nancy, who still feels compassion for Oliver, overhears Fagin's and Monk's plans and tells Rose Maylie, hoping to thwart them. Rose then contacts Brownlow (clearing Oliver's name in the process, much to Brownlow's relief), Dr. Losberne and other people, to help her protect Oliver. Oliver pray for Fagin in prison Meanwhile, Bumble has married the matron of the workhouse, Mrs. Corney.

The former Mrs. Corney had been in attendance at Old Sally's death, and purloined the locket and ring Old Sally had taken from Oliver's mother Agnes on her deathbed. Monks buys these items from the Bumbles and throws them into the river Thames, hoping that, by destroying them, Oliver's true identity will remain hidden. Brownlow and Rose Maylie meet Nancy on London Bridge and she tells them how to find Monks. However, Fagin has had Nancy followed and, believing Nancy has revealed his secrets, Fagin tells Sikes that Nancy has betrayed them. Sikes brutally murders Nancy, then flees London to the country. However, their neighbors and some of Fagin's own band members soon find out about Nancy's death and, enraged, they tell the police; Sikes falls to his death when he's about to be captured and taken away. Oliver collapsed of exhaustion on his escape to London Oliver is revealed to be the illegitimate son of a rich man named Edwin Leeford and his young mistress, a girl named Agnes Fleming. Leeford had also fathered another son, Edward ("Monks"), through a failed former marriage.

After seducing Agnes, Leeford died, leaving a will which stated that the unborn child would inherit his estate if "in his minority he should never have stained his name with any public act of dishonour, meanness, cowardice, or wrong" in the event of which all would go to Oliver and Mr. Brownlow Monks. Monks is given half of Oliver's inheritance by Brownlow - who had been Edwin Leeford's best friend and the keeper of his secrets - in the hope that he would start a new life. Monks flees to the United States, where he quickly squanders the money and dies in prison. Rose Maylie is revealed to be Agnes Fleming's younger sister, who was adopted by the Maylies after her parents died. Therefore, Rose is Oliver's aunt and is able to marry Harry Maylie. Oliver collects his inheritance and is adopted by Brownlow, for the conventional happy ending to the novel.

Question: 'Mrs. Bedwin', 'Noah Claypoe' and 'Rose Maylie' are all characters in which Dickens novel?
Answer: 'OLIVER TWIST'